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IS Ukraine LOSING the war in Donbas? Defenders fall back to avoid capture as Russians advance after blasting towns to wastelands.... (40 photos)
FOR MAILONLINE ^ | 28 May 2022 | DAN SALES and CHRIS MATTHEWS

Posted on 05/28/2022 5:09:53 AM PDT by dennisw

IS Ukraine LOSING the war in Donbas? Defenders fall back to avoid capture as Russians advance after blasting towns to wastelands while Boris Johnson offers fresh support to Ukrainian president Zelensky Withdrawal from the Luhansk region likely, admits Ukraine in new war blow

Area is hugely significant and one of main aims of Putin and Russia's invasion President Zelensky said Ukraine was protecting Luhansk as best it could Putin had launched invasion under the aims of capturing Luhansk and Donetsk Boris Johnson offered renewed support for Ukraine in a phone call with Zelensky

Ukraine has admitted it may have to retreat from its last post in the Luhansk region as Russian forces continue their relentless march.

Putin's forces - now into their fourth month of the invasion - have concentrated on the east of the country in recent weeks.

Ukrainian soldiers leaving Luhansk will be a blow to the country, due to its symbolic significance in the war.

This morning Boris Johnson offered fresh support to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Zelensky said they spoke on the phone about 'strengthening defence support for Ukraine, intensifying work on security guarantees and supplying fuel'.

He added: 'We must work together to prevent a food crisis and unblock Ukrainian ports.'

Putin wants both Luhansk and Donetsk regions in full and their capture was one of his earliest objectives in the deranged despot's so-called 'special military operation'.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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To: FLT-bird
Gasp! You mean the Daily Mail’s 3 month long daily propaganda blitz might be........BS?

It's sad that after having smoke blown up their asses by the MSM on every conceivable issue over the past six years that so many FReepers fell for this crap.

61 posted on 05/28/2022 6:06:40 AM PDT by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President 2024)
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To: dennisw

wow
so the russians may have been eating food and didn’t forget their jackets after all?


62 posted on 05/28/2022 6:07:32 AM PDT by CarolinaReaganFan
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To: Right_Wing_Madman

Price controls? They only cause shortages and empower those who put them on.

Ukraine is so screwed.


63 posted on 05/28/2022 6:08:33 AM PDT by RedMonqey (Fu%k the Ballot box. Now the Cartridge Box)
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To: dennisw

Basically the Russians are stealing Ukraine’s energy resources and developing a monopoly on one of the world’s most important industrial gas.

Hydrocarbon resources in Ukraine are concentrated in three regions: the Carpathian region in the west; the Dnieper-Donetsk region in the east; and the Black Sea-Sea of Azov region in the south. The Dnieper-Donetsk region accounts for 80% of proven reserves and approximately 90% of gas production, and the Carpathian region has 13% of proven reserves and 6% of production. The remaining 6% of proven reserves are in the southern region, where production is conducted both onshore and offshore on the shallow shelves of the Black and Azov seas. The aggregate production in this region is 5% of Ukraine’s total oil and gas production.

Industrial NEON is a rare gas that is essential for the laser etching of microchips. The primary producer of this gas is Ukraine (facilities in Mariupol and Odesa), the two other significant producers are Russia and China. Industrial grade NEON is very difficult to refine and utilizes waste product from steel manufacturing. It is required for laser etching microchips and at this time there is no suitable substitute. Outside of Russia and China, the largest microchip producers in the world are down to around a 30 day supply of this gas and once fully expended, microchip production will cease. Recycling NEON is an option but it does not fully replace the gas used in the laser process. If Russia and China fully control the world’s supply of Industrial NEON it will have dramatic and dangerous ramifications for National Security and overall economies in the United States and other western countries.


64 posted on 05/28/2022 6:08:45 AM PDT by XRdsRev (Justice for Bernell Trammell, Trump supporter, murdered in 2020)
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To: newfreep

65 posted on 05/28/2022 6:08:58 AM PDT by Pollard (If there's a question mark in the headline, the answer should always be No.)
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To: Qui is

You win the internet! Thank you.


66 posted on 05/28/2022 6:14:12 AM PDT by Grey182 (Trump won, Benedict is still Pope & Jeffery Epstein didn't kill himself.)
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To: Drew68
I think the average IQ here has dropped by at least 20 points since I joined in 2000.

I swear, it seems like a solid chunk of the posts here these days are less coherent than Joe Biden.

67 posted on 05/28/2022 6:14:37 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("It's midnight in Manhattan. This is no time to get cute; it's a mad dog's promenade.")
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To: Alberta's Child

Agree!


68 posted on 05/28/2022 6:22:35 AM PDT by Reily
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To: Drew68

I know. Somehow plenty of people on the Right who recognize that EVERY. SINGLE. LAST. THING. the corporate media has said for years and years has been a politically motivated agenda driven LIE........still somehow a lot of them thought “oh they must be telling the truth this time. Putin Bad. Russia Bad. Its the 1930s all over again. We MUST get involved in yet another foreign war.”

Sad.


69 posted on 05/28/2022 6:22:39 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: BiglyCommentary

“Every dictionary in the future will use Russia’s special operation as an example of what a “Phyric victory” is.”

Time will tell/ But my estimate is Putin wasted young Russian boys and men for nothing upon nothing. All was for Putin vanity. What is crucial is how does Ukraine wheat get shipped out to hungry nations like Egypt and Bangladesh.


70 posted on 05/28/2022 6:22:45 AM PDT by dennisw
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To: adorno

Neocon is the older term for RINO.

Bill Kristol as an example, his father was a Communist Trotskyite Russian. They think they are the rightful rulers of Russia. And will do anything to get their revenge.


71 posted on 05/28/2022 6:26:09 AM PDT by Grey182 (Trump won, Benedict is still Pope & Jeffery Epstein didn't kill himself.)
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To: Alberta's Child

Clot shot or not? Me—zero rubbish injections.


72 posted on 05/28/2022 6:26:10 AM PDT by dennisw
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To: Flick Lives
“ The sound of $40B in U.S. aid being flushed down the drain.”

Yep
73 posted on 05/28/2022 6:26:39 AM PDT by The Louiswu (We couldn't 'afford' $4 billion for Trump's wall at the southern border?)
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To: dennisw
Gee whiz, if you're so upset, you can always give those Uke Neo Nazi War Criminals sanctuary in your own home.

You'll be able to get to know 'em Real Good.

74 posted on 05/28/2022 6:27:26 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: dennisw; All

This was inevitable.

Anyone who thought Ukraine had a chance against the Russian army is just plain ignorant.


75 posted on 05/28/2022 6:29:03 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: BiglyCommentary

“Capturing area and holding area are two different animals.”

Donbas will be turned over to the local militias.

They will hold it.

Easily.


76 posted on 05/28/2022 6:30:35 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: BiglyCommentary
Indeed. Detailed daily analysis by the Institute for the Study of War suggests that Russia's objectives and strategy in the Donbas may exceed her sustainable combat strength and logistics capabilities, with Russia yielding territory even as she mounts continuing offensive operations and slowly makes limited gains.

Moreover, the introduction of large caliber modern US and NATO howitzers is strengthening Ukraine's conventional artillery, while the provision of highly accurate, long range US made MLRS and HIMARS rocket artillery seems imminent upon the completion of training. If so, Ukraine could then impose heavy casualties and rollback large swaths of Russia's territorial gains.

77 posted on 05/28/2022 6:31:21 AM PDT by Rockingham
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To: Flick Lives

Isn’t it amazing how the truth comes out after the $40b drops. I wonder where that money (or weaponry) is going.


78 posted on 05/28/2022 6:31:37 AM PDT by Grey182 (Trump won, Benedict is still Pope & Jeffery Epstein didn't kill himself.)
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To: KOZ.
How miserable of a human being do you have to wish the destruction of other human beings?

Here's your chance to show us how to comfort Uke Neo Nazis by giving them Sanctuary in your own home.

79 posted on 05/28/2022 6:31:43 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: dennisw

Narrative Shift


80 posted on 05/28/2022 6:32:24 AM PDT by Pollard (If there's a question mark in the headline, the answer should always be No.)
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